Weinsteins step down as Miramax CEOs

I'm guessing Garth Ancier?

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the person behind that site definitely has an agenda (they're upfront that they believe MJ had a sexual interest in boys, and the aim of the site is to provide evidence to that end),

Well, everybody needs a hobby...

at least Culkin got a major payout from the Jackson estate after his death, could have been hush money

https://apnews.com/cb57500462dd4286be1817ed81773e82?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=AP

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An arrest warrant has been obtained for actress Rose McGowan for felony possession of a controlled substance.

The felony charge stems from a police investigation of personal belongings left behind on a United flight arriving at Washington Dulles International Airport on Jan. 20. Police say the items tested positive for narcotics. The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police Department obtained the warrant on Feb. 1

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/nation-now/2017/10/31/rapp-told-me-kevin-spacey-90-s-heres-what-happened-and-what-didnt-bruce-steele-column/814863001/

The Advocate talk about why they didn't name names in 2001, when Anthony Rapp told his story to them.

at least Culkin got a major payout from the Jackson estate after his death, could have been hush money

― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, October 30, 2017 6:05 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

or he could have been in the will? idk

I do understand why so many people are certain that Michael Jackson molested children but it's kind of wearying to sit through, particularly when people like R. Kelly blatantly skated by for so long.

that motherfucker is still skating, even with all the press coverage

I am not and have never been a fan of r kelly. He should be in jail.

Alec Baldwin eats his own presumably delicious foot.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-mn-alec-baldwin-james-toback-20171029-story.html

“Seduced and Abandoned,” the 2013 HBO documentary that followed the pair roaming the 2012 Cannes Film Festival pitching a sexually explicit update of “Last Tango in Paris,”

finally the story as it was meant to be told

god what a shitty set of answers. fuck alec baldwin.

lol yeah I watching AB's Criterion Closet video and he talked at length about working with his "close friend Jimmy Toback" on that movie and he picked out some movie to give to Toback

the ultimate but-what-about-Trump usage

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wow, house of cards production halted. wonder if they'll just kill him off and reshoot for the last season.

xp there's some truth to it though, stupidly said as it was. but it's like, the one good thing to come out of this Trump shit that these assholes are getting outed

House of Cards set is literally two blocks away from me rn. Can you imagine working on that set, dude just got 100s of people their jobs

maybe the crew will actually kill Spacey and then film that for the show. would be a good ending.

hell yeah, I'd show up and gawk on set. although fwiw Spacey is not in town for this (now cancelled) shoot

just recast his part like Becky from Roseanne

they're already talking spinoff, which is probably the best route for job-saving (and preserving as much of the existing audience as possible)

are there people still watching it, is what I am trying to figure out

sadly yes

i wonder if the likes of American Beauty, LA Confidential etc will become like Birth Of A Nation, never broadcast, nor issued on any upcoming formats, never shown at fests or anniversary screenings, ultimately spoken of in hushed tones and rotting away unloved on a studio shelf.

Spacey's pretty scummy but, uh, then let's do away with every single old MGM film maybe

the [redacted] is getting to be a bit [redacted]

American Beauty should rot away on the merits

yeah I don't think it's going to be that extreme

Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy ugh

American Beauty sucks

Yup

is it me or does the way Baldwin insists on referring to Toback as "Jimmy" in that article seems like a passive aggressive asshole thing or what?

also crucially about a middle-aged man trying to foist himself on a teenager

xp

mm yeah.. also his arc in LA Confidential shows a man slowly finding redemption by attempting to free young men from the clutches of sleazy movie producers.

is it me or does the way Baldwin insists on referring to Toback as "Jimmy" in that article seems like a passive aggressive asshole thing or what?

― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, October 31, 2017 3:22 PM (four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

idk, I think he's just on a "Jimmy" basis with Toback based on that CC closet video I mentioned

it undermines whatever concern he expresses

there are some subtle and not-so-subtle reasons why Baldwin was picked for a recurring Trump parody

sometimes there's a misogyny that's not faked

has anyone ever been under the illusion that Alec Baldwin is a good person

no

i used to be under the illusion that he was a good actor. actually he probably *was*, back in the Miami Blues/Red October days. before he turned into a comedy hack.

he usually plays some variation of Alec Baldwin

i used to be under the illusion that he was a good actor. actually he probably *was*, back in the Miami Blues/Red October days. before he turned into a comedy hack.

his one scene in GGR too of course, but yes otm

i wonder if the likes of American Beauty, LA Confidential etc will become like Birth Of A Nation, never broadcast, nor issued on any upcoming formats, never shown at fests or anniversary screenings, ultimately spoken of in hushed tones and rotting away unloved on a studio shelf.

― piscesx,

Do you mean last year's crap Birth of a Nation or Griffith? Even in my university's worse than mediocre film program the Griffith film gets shown in class.

Baldwin was a good leading man up til mid-'90s, then other than a couple of decent supporting roles he's been pretty intolerable. the leading man who was unexpectedly good at comedy turned into a guy who thought he was a comic actor and it didn't work.

He and Wahlberg are the saving grace of The Departed...

I saw Baldwin emcee a screening of a George C Scott film he selected a few months ago, and he was genial and amusing. Didn't make me think he was a good guy. (It was The Savage Is Loose, a desert-island incest drama.)

Birth of a Nation's place in film history is secure

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Yeah, I can buy the BFI's recently remastered/restored etc etc blu ray of Birth of a Nation for six pounds in my local rec shop.

yeah he's good in The Departed!

I thought he was good in Still Alice and Blue Jasmine.

he's probably as underrated as a serious actor as spacey is overrated

but anyway we've uh strayed somewhat off topic

there are some subtle and not-so-subtle reasons why Baldwin was picked for a recurring Trump parody

sometimes there's a misogyny that's not faked

― mh, Tuesday, October 31, 2017 2:47 PM (nineteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this part of the interview makes me think imitating Trump is infecting his speech patterns, this is sooo Trump:

Jimmy is one of the smartest, he’s one of the cleverest. He went to Harvard, super-intellect. Jimmy is one of the greatest conversationalists in the world. My wife and I went over to Cannes with him, and we had the time of our life with him and Michael Mailer. We had a great time. We made a film. We were very happy with the film we made. We sold it to HBO when it was done.